Best 1965 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 1965 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

#18. Cat Ballou
- Stacker score: 74.7
- IMDb user rating: 6.7 (votes: 17,000)
- Metascore: 60
- Director: Elliot Silverstein
- Actors: Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan
- Runtime: 1 hour 37 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: $20,666,667

#17. Help!
- Stacker score: 75.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 22,000)
- Metascore: 58
- Director: Richard Lester
- Actors: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
- Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: N/A

#16. Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
- Stacker score: 77.1
- IMDb user rating: 6.6 (votes: 17,000)
- Metascore: 65
- Director: Russ Meyer
- Actors: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams
- Runtime: 1 hour 23 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: N/A

#15. Thunderball
- Stacker score: 78.2
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (votes: 133,000)
- Metascore: 64
- Director: Terence Young
- Actors: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi
- Runtime: 2 hours 10 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: $63,595,658

#14. The Ipcress File
- Stacker score: 81.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 19,000)
- Metascore: 66
- Director: Sidney J. Furie
- Actors: Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman
- Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#13. The Cincinnati Kid
- Stacker score: 81.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 19,000)
- Metascore: 67
- Director: Norman Jewison, Sam Peckinpah
- Actors: Steve McQueen, Ann-Margret, Edward G. Robinson
- Runtime: 1 hour 42 minutes
- Rating: TV-14
- Box office: $15,260,000

#12. The Sons of Katie Elder
- Stacker score: 84.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 20,000)
- Metascore: 72
- Director: Henry Hathaway
- Actors: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Martha Hyer
- Runtime: 2 hours 2 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#11. The Great Race
- Stacker score: 84.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 21,000)
- Metascore: 71
- Director: Blake Edwards
- Actors: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon
- Runtime: 2 hours 40 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#10. The Sound of Music
- Stacker score: 84.7
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 281,000)
- Metascore: 63
- Director: Robert Wise
- Actors: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker
- Runtime: 2 hours 52 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $159,287,539

#9. Doctor Zhivago
- Stacker score: 87.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 85,000)
- Metascore: 69
- Director: David Lean
- Actors: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin
- Runtime: 3 hours 17 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: $111,721,910

#8. Bunny Lake Is Missing
- Stacker score: 88.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 11,000)
- Metascore: 77
- Director: Otto Preminger
- Actors: Keir Dullea, Carol Lynley, Laurence Olivier
- Runtime: 1 hour 47 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: N/A

#7. A Patch of Blue
- Stacker score: 90.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 10,000)
- Metascore: 73
- Director: Guy Green
- Actors: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman
- Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#6. For a Few Dollars More
- Stacker score: 91.8
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (votes: 293,000)
- Metascore: 74
- Director: Sergio Leone
- Actors: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volontè
- Runtime: 2 hours 12 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $15,000,000

#5. Juliet of the Spirits
- Stacker score: 92.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 15,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Federico Fellini
- Actors: Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu
- Runtime: 2 hours 17 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $78,550

#4. The Hill
- Stacker score: 93.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 16,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Sidney Lumet
- Actors: Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen
- Runtime: 2 hours 3 minutes
- Rating: Approved
- Box office: N/A

#3. Alphaville
- Stacker score: 95.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 29,000)
- Metascore: 92
- Director: Jean-Luc Godard
- Actors: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff
- Runtime: 1 hour 39 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $47,696

#2. Repulsion
- Stacker score: 98.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 60,000)
- Metascore: 91
- Director: Roman Polanski
- Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser
- Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: N/A

#1. Chimes at Midnight
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 11,000)
- Metascore: 94
- Director: Orson Welles
- Actors: Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford
- Runtime: 1 hour 55 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $126,724